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===Sidon incident (1260)=== [[Image:Mongol soldiers by Rashid al-Din 1305.JPG|thumb|Mongol soldiers, in ''[[Jami al-Tawarikh]]'' by [[Rashid al-Din]], 1305-1306.]] With Mongol territory now bordering the Franks, a few incidents occurred, one of them leading to large-scale trouble in [[Sidon]]. [[Julian de Grenier]], [[Lordship of Sidon|Lord of Sidon]] and [[Beaufort Castle, Lebanon|Beaufort]], described by his contemporaries as irresponsible and light-headed, took the opportunity to raid and plunder the area of the Bekaa in Mongol territory. When the Mongol general Kitbuqa sent his nephew with a small force to obtain redress, they were ambushed and killed by Julian. Kitbuqa responded forcefully by raiding the city of Sidon, although the Castle of the city was left unattained.<ref name=runciman-308/><ref>"It happened that some men from Sidon and Belfort gathered together, went to the Saracens' villages and fields, looted them, killed many Saracens and took others into captivity together with a great deal of livestock. A certain nephew of Kit-Bugha who resided there, taking along but few cavalry, pursued the Christians who had done these things to tell them on his uncle's behalf to leave the booty. But some of the Christians attacked and killed him and some other Tartars. When Kit-Bugha learned of this, he immediately took the city of the Sidon and destroyed most of the walls [and killed as many Christians as he found. But the people of Sidon fled to an island, and only a few were slain. oe43]. Thereafter the Tartars no longer trusted the Christians, nor the Christians the Tartars." [http://rbedrosian.com/hetum3.htm Fleur des Histoires d'Orient, Chap. 30]</ref> Another similar incident occurred when [[John II of Beirut]] and some Templars led a raid into [[Galilee]].<ref>Runciman, p.309</ref> These events generated a significant level of distrust between the Mongols and the Crusader forces, whose own center of power was now in the coastal city of Acre. The incidents also raised the ire of the Mamluk leader [[Baibars]]. He declared that the treaty that had been signed between the Crusaders and the Mamluks in 1240 had been invalidated when Christian forces assisted the Mongols to capture Damascus. He demanded the evacuation of Saphet and Beaufort, and when the Christians balked, Baibars used that as his excuse to violate the pre-existing truce, and start launching new attacks on such settlements as [[Nazareth]], [[Mount Tabor]], and [[Bethlehem]].<ref>Richard, p. 416 (english)</ref>
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